{"product_id":"the-book-of-polly-a-novel-0399562109","title":"The Book of Polly: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0399562109\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hepinstall, Kathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelightful. . . funny and poignant. --PeopleWith a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother\"If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious.\" --Mark Childress, author of Crazy in AlabamaWillow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to chase varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors-and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows shes here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willows father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. Its just her and bigger-than-life Polly.Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Pollys life pre-Willow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun the Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her past?The Book of Polly has a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and youll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos youve ever met.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51539428376864,"sku":"NEW0399562109","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91GhJrPEHyL.jpg?v=1777492566","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-book-of-polly-a-novel-0399562109","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}